Fireball over Mt. Carmel Center on April 19, 1993 (Time Magazine, May
3, 1993). Military experts say this explosive phenomena is characteristic of Special
Ops demolitions, effected by detonating 55-gallon drums of jet fuel. The
Justice Department Report makes no mention of this fireball (see section
"The Fire," pgs. 295-304).

Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum:
Fire

"Fire is so efficient at erasing things, it is very popular as a means
of hiding the evidence of murder . . ."
--Douglas Ubelaker, Curator of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institute,
top consultant to the FBI in Waco, quoted in Bones,
A Forensic Detective's Casebook,pgs. 140-141.

September 5, 1999--A magician focuses the attention of the audience
by twirling the hat in his right hand. His audience is so distracted
by the hat, they do not notice his left hand, in plain sight, performing
the magic trick.

That is what is happening now in the "new
revelations" about the inferno that engulfed the Mt. Camel Center in
Waco, Texas on April 19, 1993. "Whatever you do, don't look at the
fire!" says the magician. "Look here instead, at the debate over
pyrotechnic tear gas canisters!"

We look. "Outrageous," we say. "Look, the FBI was only trying
to get the Davidians to come out, but they used the wrong canisters and
caused this huge house fire . . . " And the magician gets away
with the trick, yet again.

Ever since April 19, 1993, the US has presented the fire at the Mt.
Carmel Center as one BIG house fire. Various explanations for the
fire were given. Cover story Number One: The Davidians set their
own house on fire. Not everybody believed it.

Then we heard cover stories 2.0 and 2.5, the Mrs. Murphy and cow explanations:
Tanks knocked over kerosene lamps inside Mt. Carmel, the kerosene spilled
onto the hay, the hay caught fire and set the house on fire.

That story did not sell too well, either. There never was a satisfactory
explanation of why the Davidians -- Bible students -- kept hay in their
house. Many members of the public smelled bull.

All of these explanations, and now the current ones, are designed to
deflect the public's attention from the obvious truth. The Mt.
Carmel inferno was not a house fire. It was started deliberately
by the US military, the Special Operations Command, to cover its murders
of the Branch Davidians. The fire at the Mt. Carmel Center
was a Special Operations demolition fire, and it was fueled by petroleum.

Notice that we can not see even the skeleton of the house. The
fire lasted 40-45 minutes. It burned with extraordinary intensity.
No beams. No rafters. Nada. Nothing.

This was no ordinary house fire.

Now let's have a closer look at the Mt. Carmel Center before the
fire, and note its architectural features. Take a viewpoint facing
the front of the building. Notice that the three story residential
tower in the center of the structure; notice that immediately behind that
tower and to the left there is empty space and a swimming pool. To
the right there is a gymnasium.

Now go through those photos again and look at the color of the smoke.
Yes, the smoke--all of it -is pitch black. Even the smoke coming
from the burning, empty ground immediately behind and to the left of the
three story tower . . .

Black smoke is characteristic of a petroleum fire. For example,
consider this from oil-well fire fighter Red
Adiar's web page.

"Kuwait was stripped and set on fire by the retreating Iraqi troops
during the final days of the Gulf War. Black smoke filled the sky
. . . " Read that? B-L-A-C-K smoke!

Now here is another dead giveaway on the cause of the fire. Look
at this fireball: Time, May 3, 1993.

Military experts say that this explosive phenomena is characteristic
of Special Operations demolitions, effected by detonating 55-gallon drums
of jet fuel. When the Justice Department issued its report on Waco
some years ago, the text on the fire did not even mention this fireball.
(see section "The Fire," pgs.. 295 304). Such an oversight.
Isn't that curious?

Special Operations Sets The Stage

Let's look at the pamphlet "Doctrine for Joint Special Operations," dated
28 October 1992. It says that because of "political sensitivities,"
many special operations "especially in peacetime" demand "thorough
and accurate" public affairs programs be developed in advance of operations
and undertaken before the operations are effected. The purpose is
to "integrate accurate representation of the mission to domestic audiences
. . ." (Chapter V, paragraph 8.)

With this in mind, we discover that Francis X. Leahy, described
as an "independent religious researcher" submitted a 40-page analysis
on the Waco siege to the FBI on April 8, 1993, just eleven days before
the inferno. On page 39 of the report, Leahy's predicts:

"The standoff, as it now exists, will end after Sunday, April 18th,
which will complete the seven week cycle for tribulations. At the
completion of that cycle an angel of the Lord is to give an analysis of
the situation, and tell David what to do. It must be a fiery ending,
and David and a number of his followers must die.

"Whether it be on the Sunday marking the beginning of the eighth week,
or a day or two later, there will be some aggressive action by the Federal
law enforcement officials. Suicide is not written in the book.
David and his followers must be slain. That means something must
be set up, even if the final conflagration is caused internally, it must
be because of some act of the law enforcement officials . . . "

Boy, talk about clairvoyant! Leahy predicted a fire on April 18,
19, or 20, and he was right on the money. He predicted a fire after
some "aggressive action" by the US, and he was right about that, too.

Leahy is an "independent religious researcher"? Why? Not
too many of us need an "independent religious researcher." Making a living
at that must be tough. But many of us need a competent fortune teller.
Leahy could make a fortune in the business.

Coincidentally, Francis X. Leahy was married to Joyce Sparks,
the Child Protective Services social worker who investigated the child
abuse charges against the Davidians . . .

So here, in Leahy's "prediction," we see Special Operations public relations
at work, preparing "thorough and accurate" public affairs program (prediction
of fire) in advance of the operation (fire) to "integrate accurate representation
[a-hem] of the mission to domestic audiences . . . ". But why
did they have Leahy deny the Davidians would commit suicide when the FBI
went on record saying that they did commit suicide?

It is a dictum of public relations that the public relations practitioner
must design messages to address diverse audiences and their mind sets.
Not all members of the public are stupid enough to believe cover story
Number One, "the Davidians set themselves on fire." Therefore other cover
stories had to be developed. And because many Americans believe government
workers are incompetent and negligent, it was/is easy to construct a whole
range of very believable alternate cover stories.

The Washington Post, September 2, 1999 front page story, Marshals
Seize FBI Waco Tape, gives us the latest variant of the "Golly gee,
we are so incompetence and negligent" cover story. Initially,
on the morning of April 19, non-incendiary CS cartridges were fired, "But
those cartridges had no effect . . . " and a Hostage Rescue Team
member asked "for permission to use military tear gas cartridges that are
incendiary."

Of course, the FBI just happened to have incendiary *military* tear
gas cartridges on hand. And of course permission to use them was
granted. The only question that remains unanswered is this: Why was
"tear gas" that was flammable packed in cartridges that were incendiary?

Are we believing this?

The magician is getting us to focus on his right hand by waving his
hat, while his left hand is doing the trick. Chapter II of the Special
Operations manual puts it in military terms: the duty of Special
Operations is to "divert the hostile power's attention and resources from
the main battle area."

In this case, discerning Americans are the hostile power. Our
attention is being diverted to yet another cover story. The battle
area that our attention is being diverted from is the nature of the April
19 inferno that destroyed much of the evidence of a ghastly mass murder.

What's Behind the Wizardry?

The truth is that the Davidians who allegedly died on April 19 in the CS
attack and fire were long since dead--murdered by Special Operations and/or
their agents. See the Death Gallery

The fire and CS attack were a cover to provide a (semi-) plausible explanation
for the Davidian deaths. Those Davidians who allegedly survived the
fire did NOT of course survive the fire: They had been extracted before
the event. That is why we get the wacky, contradictory, and
discrediting stories about Davidian behavior that morning--stories about
the menfolk abandoning the mothers and children and running out the back
of the complex to save their own skins. The stories are not true.

The Davidians who were injured "during the fire" received their injuries
earlier. That is why there were no smoke inhalation cases (or
CS inhalation cases) among the "survivors."

The injured Davidian "fire survivors" were treated at Parkland Hospital
during March and April. Those treatment records are sealed,
as are the records of the payments the feds made to Parkland for the care
of those Davidians.

Allow me to wrap up with a recent e-mail from a member of the US military.
To protect my source, I have removed the e-mail address and omitted specific
references to military units and locations:

=== Beginning of message ===

"To whom it may concern,

"I am very concerned by the evidence your museum puts forward.
Frankly, it scares the bejeezus out of me. I am a member of the U.S.
Army, and I am familiar with many of the terms in your discussions.
I am in the [delete unit] at [delete location].

". . . the tactics used in Waco are textbook military. To begin,
your assumption that the initial assault was designed to fail is absolutely
certain. An objective is NEVER breached during the daytime.
The advent of night-vision technology has rendered unnecessary, as the
risk is greatly reduced when your opponents are blind and you are not.
Also, any planned attack is not conducted without COVER or CONCEALMENT.
Also, surprise is key, and security of that element NEVER breached.
To understand this, one would have to have an understanding of the overall
Military mentality, especially in the combat arms. Loose lips could
get you or your buddies killed, so you never mention an upcoming operation.

"Next, the siege. The light and noise were most certainly more
than just psychological operations on the Davidians (though that must have
been a good testing ground for new equipment). The noise and light
probably hid the activities of the actual killings, days before the fire.
How could anyone make out the sound of gunshots and explosions amidst all
of that chaotic din? Then the clean-up would have to be enacted,
and though the Armed Forces are organized, they are anything but quick.
It probably took several nights of hard work to cover up the evidence of
any wrong doing.

"There were probably more dead in the initial assault . . . The plan
is never to just assault from one side. No doubt there was a rear
assault . . . [text deleted]

"Thank you for the museum,"

=== End of message ===

By the way, please feel free to do your own fire research at your local
level. Next time you pass your firehouse, stop in.
Ask the firemen how many fireballs like this they have seen in a house
fire: Time, May 3, 1993

;-)

For additional information concerning the reliability of Branch Davidian
accounts of April 19, 1993, please see Veracity of American Justice
Federation Videos, and Veracity of Branch Davidian Statements
in Sources of Information.

(Sorry--this has been removed from public view by NBC webpage operators.)

This video footage, originally shot through a telephoto lens from the
three-mile perimeter, showed one of the tanks rolling out of the Mt. Carmel
Center building before the fire erupted. The video was distributed widely
and provided a focus for public outrage over the Waco Holocaust.
The Museum displayed this video sequence on the free-of-charge NBC website,
but the page has been removed from public view by NBC webpage operators.
Linda Thompson's footage sparked a major contraversy (details).

Many people who distrust the mainstream media have turned to alternate
news sources, some of which are Internet based. Unfortunately, many
of these alternate sources of news simply promote an alternate series of
lies. These alternate lies are of course dressed up as "exposÚs."
But you can easily tell the phonies from the real thing. The information
in the Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum is an acid test.

Does your news source promote Mike McNulty's video, Waco: The Rules
of Engagement or wring its hands because the Davidian law suit against
the government failed? (See Waco
Documentary Is A Hoax! and Waco
Suits for Waco Suckers.) Does your alternate news source carry
promotional pieces about rebuilding the Davidian church in Waco and mouth
nice words about "healing"? (See The
Cover-up Church.)

Remember, since ancient times, inquiries into questionable deaths have
started with the bodies of the victims. If your news source won't
give you an honest and full account of the forensic information on Waco,
or if it does not have a link to the Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum ...
your alternate news has failed a fundamental acid test.

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